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Agree we should play hard ball with any Championship rivals, and preferably not sell at all. I remember when we sold McSheffrey to Blues, Steve Bruce was in the press for weeks beforehand conducting the transfer, expecting us to sell at a price dictated by him. When we did sell we then replaced...

Its immaterial whether Gyokeres is actually worth £15m or not. The actual selling price will be dependent on the balance of power between the buyer and the seller. If we have to sell to stay financially afloat then we are in a weak position to command a big fee. Likewise if there is only one...

Yes, going well into the second half of the season there were plenty of comments that we never score from set pieces. Nevertheless was pretty surprised we were placed so highly, as we are not a particularly big team compared to most in the Championship.

I imagine that they will be selling Spence for pretty big bucks too. Nevertheless I would be surprised if they offered us a sum for Gyokeres that most of us would be happy with. Selling to a fellow Championship club also has echoes of when we sold McSheffrey to Brum, and that didn't end too...

Was he using the same agent as Waghorn?

Did he, or are you just making that up? To be fair even if he did its hard to argue that Leeds are not a bigger club. As for wages over his whole CCFC career - nowhere near £8m. It would be about half that, even if he had been paid £8k a week throughout his whole career with us (which he...

You are presuming the £8k a week salary was basic (it might have been £8k inclusive of bonuses for all we know) and that the Mirror article was accurate, which is a leap of faith in itself. Even so it doesn't add up to him being paid anywhere near £8m.

Utter nonsense

What about those mobility type cars that would park on the cinder track around the pitch at HR. Did that happen at other grounds? Always seemed a bit strange to me, although as a kid I liked the fact that all the cars were sky blue :)

Good example. Smith was a decent enough manager, but never a number 2. Nilsson didn't want him as he was a threat to hs position rather than a help, which undermined him and led to a disastrous end to our first season in the Championship when really we should have made the play offs.

Terry Hall seemed to adopt the Man United fan persona for some reason after the Specials became successful. He apparently regularly went to our games in the 70's, and the punk band he was in before the Specials had a song he wrote called 'CCFC OK', about being ambushed by Leeds fans.

Happy memories of some great players that graced the original kit!!

That is really re-writing history! Burge was released and not offered a contract. Am sure we would have initially kept Willis if we could have, but his agent had lined him up for a move to Luton in the Championship which fell through. By the time he moved to Sunderland we had already moved on...

Really? I seem to remember plenty of moaning on here last Summer that we weren't signing players early enough.

Other young City players cut down by injuries in their prime that come to my mind are Graham Oakey and Lee Hurst. Unfortunately I have no idea what they did to cope with the disappointment and inevitable depression, or even what they went on to do once their careers were over.

It's not just down to his agent. Waghorn's preferred club to move to might only want to commit initially until the January window, and then see how things go. While there's a chance of another club willing to pay some of his salary I don't see CCFC just paying him off in full. I suspect he will...

Everyone on holiday I should think. I wouldn't expect any announcements until the club come back for pre season training.

Is it just coincidental? It is undeniable though that our away form has followed the same pattern over the last 3 seasons, with even our promotion season not producing an away win until Christmas time. Hopefully MR can find the solution and have us firing away from home much earlier next season.

Terrible shame. If I remember right the previous Sunderland manager got him to play even though he was carrying an injury. His mind must be full of what ifs. These sort of instances is where the PFA should be earning their corn in supporting him to a positive future in or out of football.

To emphasise the disadvantage we face against the 'parachute payment' supported clubs I see Fulham have released on frees Jean Michael Seri who they signed for £25m, & Alfie Mawson who they signed for £20m. Imagine being able to spend £20m+ on bit part players filling up your squad!